India, June 6 -- K Govindaraj has been relieved from the post of political secretary to the Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah with immediate effect, as per a state government notification.

Govindraj's removal comes days after the death of 11 people in the stampede at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4.

Following the unfortunate incident, the Karnataka police suspended multiple IPS officers, including the Bengaluru city police Commissioner, B Dayananda.

Senior IPS officer Seemant Kumar Singh took charge as the city police commissioner on Friday.

Defending the suspension of Bengaluru police commissioner B Dayananda and other police officials for the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium, CM Siddaramaiah said, Prima facie, those ...